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Generals turn on ‘ornery’ Rumsfeld ("SWEET AND LOVEABLE" ALERT)
The Sunday Times ^ | October 20, 2002 | Tony Allen-Mills

Posted on 10/20/2002 1:52:46 AM PDT by MadIvan

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A good defence secretary, in my view, would not be afraid to rock the boat. Carry on, Donald.

Regards, Ivan


1 posted on 10/20/2002 1:52:47 AM PDT by MadIvan
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To: BigWaveBetty; BlueAngel; JeanS; schmelvin; MJY1288; terilyn; Ryle; MozartLover; Teacup; rdb3; ...
Bump!
2 posted on 10/20/2002 1:53:05 AM PDT by MadIvan
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To: MadIvan
Most of the complainers are those who got their promotions during the Clinton years, and are all too happy to whine to the press. I pay them no mind.
3 posted on 10/20/2002 1:56:11 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: MadIvan
<< Criticism .... is increasingly public as he leads the charge on Baghdad ... [And shakes] up the Pentagon’s notoriously unwieldy bureaucracy. .... There appear to be [Many KKKli'toon-appointed Perfumed Prince "generals" ... complaining ....

Resentment has spread to [The RICO-racketeering gangster bastards also known as "DemocRATS" on] Capitol Hill .... >>

As you have noted, Ivan, Secretary Rumsfield is doing just fine.

As is, with perhaps only three exceptions, almost every other member of the Cabinet of United States of America's President and Armed Forces Commander In Chief, George Walker Bush.

Good to note also, that in a bureaucracy comprised more than 95% of "DemocRATic" part activists, he and his trusted few are keeping the lid on things and are keeping the DNC traitors -- and Soddom Hisson -- in the dark.

FReegards -- Brian
4 posted on 10/20/2002 2:41:54 AM PDT by Brian Allen
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To: MadIvan
If Rumsfeld has made Congress mad then he's doing what we pay him to do.
5 posted on 10/20/2002 2:51:06 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Miss Marple
Most of the complainers are those who got their promotions during the Clinton years, and are all too happy to whine to the press

You got it right, honey. Never, ever trust National Security to a Democrat.

6 posted on 10/20/2002 2:58:28 AM PDT by Gracey
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Keep the Faith-the attacks on America from within are mounting exponentially, I only hope that the attacks on Rummy are indicating increasing desperation. We few, we proud to be Americans must remain strong and committed to the truth we know will prevail.
7 posted on 10/20/2002 3:02:48 AM PDT by iopscusa
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To: MadIvan
Purges are never painless. I believe Marshall forced many two- and three-stars into retirement at the beginning of WWII. In addition to Rummy cleaning house, I'm sure the long knives are out amongst the top brass also.
8 posted on 10/20/2002 3:07:43 AM PDT by leadpenny
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For every blue-rinsed matron sighing with delight at Rummy’s repartee, there appears to be a general who is complaining about civilian ideologues pressing for war on Iraq with scant regard for military consequences.

What do those generals know! Consequences shmonsequences!

9 posted on 10/20/2002 3:38:35 AM PDT by Petronius
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"He has lit fires under everybody. Some people respond well to that and some people don’t.”

'Nuf said?
10 posted on 10/20/2002 4:41:41 AM PDT by FryingPan101
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To: MadIvan
In the words of a former third base coach for the Boston Red Sox, "Show me someone everyone likes and I'll show you someone who has never made a decession."
11 posted on 10/20/2002 4:56:52 AM PDT by scamsam
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To: MadIvan
Clinton RUINED the USA Military

Let's hope that Runy can find some decent officers that didn't leave in disgust over Clinton's PC BS
12 posted on 10/20/2002 5:35:26 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: Miss Marple
Most of the complainers are those who got their promotions during the Clinton years, and are all too happy to whine to the press. I pay them no mind.

Not another thread running today about clinton pentagon appointees demanding bribes for contracts.

13 posted on 10/20/2002 5:46:27 AM PDT by js1138
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They don't like Rumsfeld, one can only imagine
what they would have made of Churchill as First Sea Lord.
14 posted on 10/20/2002 5:54:41 AM PDT by tet68
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I worked in the Pentagon for two years. There are many good people there, however, Rumsfeld is doing the Lord's work.

God bless him.

15 posted on 10/20/2002 5:55:15 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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Rumsfeld is a divisive figure in a Pentagon which is undergoing far-reaching changes in response to unconventional terrorist threats.

Someone needs to tell the perfumed princes that it's not 1972. Fighting a worldwide guerrilla war, and trying to change and update the way things are done in the armed forces Rummys got a tough row to hoe.
16 posted on 10/20/2002 6:03:26 AM PDT by Valin
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"Then Rumsfeld had his say: the article was “a world-class thumb-sucker”. "

ROTFLMAO!!!!

Go Rummy!

17 posted on 10/20/2002 6:04:57 AM PDT by MonroeDNA
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To: MadIvan
Speaking as a proud veteran of our military and as a fervent supporter of that military, this article reminds me of a discussion I had with a liberal acquaintance who complained that President Bush promised to rebuild the United States military that was "decimated" (he added a sarcastic tone here) by Clinton, and has yet to do anything substantive to make good on his promise.

I reminded him that liberals think throwing money at a problem will solve it. Our president has chosen to study the needs of our service men and women before he decides what is truly needed for them to remain the most highly trained/equiped/motivated military force in the world.

Anyone who has been in the military knows that money is not always spent wisely, particularly when the end of the fiscal year approaches and it becomes a "use it or lose it" situation.

Military waste is generated from the highest levels, not from the line troop level. Our Secretary of Defense is doing a terrific job maintaining control of the hierarchy of our military, some of whom are nearing retirement and hope to land another cushy job with a defense contractor. Perhaps their retirement plans cloud their objectivity.
18 posted on 10/20/2002 7:29:42 AM PDT by EODGUY
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Amen, the complainers are the laced pink panty wearers who got promoted during the Clintoonian years, while our Warrior Class were demeaned and forced to stay on the side lines.

Many of the laced pink panty wearing generals/admirals inherited by Rummy are the poster military boys/girls of the Rats in the Senate, the Compost and of course ABCNNBCBS! With these laced pink panty wearing generals and Admirals, there are no military secrets, and they like their rat senators would never really want to harm the Islamofascists and their Islamakazis who want to kill the rest of us.

Of course this doesn't stop with the Generals/Admirals inherited from the Clintoonian so called military. The military is filled with those with 03 ranks and up, who are more interested in Diversity and PC concepts than killing and destroying our enemies.

he is same problem with all of the Federal Agencies/Departments re card carrying rats in the ranks is in the military. We can elect a conservative republic president, and he inherits 100 of thousands of card carrying rats in the military and other agencies. These card carrying rats work 24/7 to keep the new president from cleaning out the rat messes and from implementing their plans and actions.
19 posted on 10/20/2002 7:43:57 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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Amen, the complainers are the laced pink panty wearers who got promoted during the Clintoonian years, while our Warrior Class were demeaned and forced to stay on the side lines.

Many of the laced pink panty wearing generals/admirals inherited by Rummy are the poster military boys/girls of the Rats in the Senate, the Compost and of course ABCNNBCBS! With these laced pink panty wearing generals and Admirals, there are no military secrets, and they like their rat senators would never really want to harm the Islamofascists and their Islamakazis who want to kill the rest of us.

Of course this doesn't stop with the Generals/Admirals inherited from the Clintoonian so called military. The military is filled with those with 03 ranks and up, who are more interested in Diversity and PC concepts than killing and destroying our enemies.

he is same problem with all of the Federal Agencies/Departments re card carrying rats in the ranks is in the military. We can elect a conservative republic president, and he inherits 100 of thousands of card carrying rats in the military and other agencies. These card carrying rats work 24/7 to keep the new president from cleaning out the rat messes and from implementing their plans and actions.
20 posted on 10/20/2002 7:44:29 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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